Cannes 2015: Palme d'Or goes to Jacques Audiard for 'Dheepan'
As the Cannes winners are announced, the Palme d'Or 2015 goes to french director Jacques Audiard for Tamil Tiger film Dheepan.
Cannes Finale: Palme d'Or winner Dheepan
PALME D'OR WINNER: DHEEPAN, Jacques Audiard
The surprise winner of the Palme d'Or this year was Dheepan, the seventh feature from French director Jacques Audiard. The award-winning director of Un Prophete and Palme d'Or contebder Rust and Bone tells the story of a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior, who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris where he finds more violence
awaiting him.
The understated drama, featuring a cast of relative unknowns, combines grittiness with a lyricism that is characteristic to Audiard.
Watch the trailer below.
Cannes Official Selection: Other Palme d'Or Nominees 2015
YOUTH, Paolo Sorrentino
Sorrentino's follow up to The Great Beauty is worth getting excited for. Read our preview for more:
Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in this ambitious production of Shakespeare's Scottish Play, from the Oscar-winning producers of The King’s Speech. With support coming from the likes of Sean Harris, Paddy Considine, Elizabeth Debicki, and David Thewlis, this is certainly one of the most talked about among Cannes Palme D'Or nominations due for release next year. Jack Reynor also stars (read our interview with him here).
Cate Blanchett stars in Todd Haynes' latest film as Carol, a married woman who falls for a young department-store clerk (Rooney Mara). Read our preview:
Rachel Weisz continues to make waves at this year's festival with a second film in the Palme d'Or Cannes 2015 Line-up. The English actress stars alongside Colin Farrell and Ben Whishaw in Yorgos Lanthimos black comedy The Lobster, set in a dystopian future where residents must marry within 45 days, else be turned into wild animals. The Dogtooth director's intriguing film boasts an all-star British cast including Olivia Coleman and Michael Smiley as well as a number of Lanthimos regulars. He joins a number of well known foreign filmmakers transitioning to English Language films among this year's Cannes Palme d'Or nominations, drawing attention to the festival's increasingly international thrust. Of all the Cannes Palme d'Or Nominees 2015 this is one of the most highly anticipated works, from a talented and highly unique filmmaker.
VALLEY OF LOVE, Guillaume Nicloux
Gerard Depardieux heads up the cast alongside Isabelle Huppert in Nicloux's latest film, Valley of Love, which tells the mesmeric tale of two divorced actors who reunite following the death of their son, to enter on a surreal journey across Death Valley in an attempt bring him back to life.
SICARIO, Denis Villeneuve
Finally comes Villeneuve's latest mob thriller Sicario, featuring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro (Inherent Vice co-stars): about a young female FBI agent who teams up with the CIA to take down the boss of a Mexican cartel. A dark film with an ambitious scope, from the award-winning director of Prisoners and Enemy.
Also to watch for
In addition to the Cannes Official Selection Palme d'Or nominees 2015, we're keeping an eye out for Woody Allen's latest film Irrational Man, starring Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix, as well as Senna director Asif Kapadia's much anticipated documentary, Amy. Watch the trailer:
Cannes Film Festival 2015 Dates
The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) 2015 runs from the 13 – 24 May.
The surprise winner of the Palme d'Or this year was Dheepan, the seventh feature from French director Jacques Audiard. The award-winning director of Un Prophete and Palme d'Or contebder Rust and Bone tells the story of a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior, who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris where he finds more violence
awaiting him.
The understated drama, featuring a cast of relative unknowns, combines grittiness with a lyricism that is characteristic to Audiard.
Watch the trailer below.
Cannes Official Selection: Other Palme d'Or Nominees 2015
YOUTH, Paolo Sorrentino
Sorrentino's follow up to The Great Beauty is worth getting excited for. Read our preview for more:
Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in this ambitious production of Shakespeare's Scottish Play, from the Oscar-winning producers of The King’s Speech. With support coming from the likes of Sean Harris, Paddy Considine, Elizabeth Debicki, and David Thewlis, this is certainly one of the most talked about among Cannes Palme D'Or nominations due for release next year. Jack Reynor also stars (read our interview with him here).
Cate Blanchett stars in Todd Haynes' latest film as Carol, a married woman who falls for a young department-store clerk (Rooney Mara). Read our preview:
Rachel Weisz continues to make waves at this year's festival with a second film in the Palme d'Or Cannes 2015 Line-up. The English actress stars alongside Colin Farrell and Ben Whishaw in Yorgos Lanthimos black comedy The Lobster, set in a dystopian future where residents must marry within 45 days, else be turned into wild animals. The Dogtooth director's intriguing film boasts an all-star British cast including Olivia Coleman and Michael Smiley as well as a number of Lanthimos regulars. He joins a number of well known foreign filmmakers transitioning to English Language films among this year's Cannes Palme d'Or nominations, drawing attention to the festival's increasingly international thrust. Of all the Cannes Palme d'Or Nominees 2015 this is one of the most highly anticipated works, from a talented and highly unique filmmaker.
VALLEY OF LOVE, Guillaume Nicloux
Gerard Depardieux heads up the cast alongside Isabelle Huppert in Nicloux's latest film, Valley of Love, which tells the mesmeric tale of two divorced actors who reunite following the death of their son, to enter on a surreal journey across Death Valley in an attempt bring him back to life.
SICARIO, Denis Villeneuve
Finally comes Villeneuve's latest mob thriller Sicario, featuring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro (Inherent Vice co-stars): about a young female FBI agent who teams up with the CIA to take down the boss of a Mexican cartel. A dark film with an ambitious scope, from the award-winning director of Prisoners and Enemy.
Also to watch for
In addition to the Cannes Official Selection Palme d'Or nominees 2015, we're keeping an eye out for Woody Allen's latest film Irrational Man, starring Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix, as well as Senna director Asif Kapadia's much anticipated documentary, Amy. Watch the trailer:
Cannes Film Festival 2015 Dates
The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) 2015 runs from the 13 – 24 May.
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